Description (ical4j 3.1.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- net.fortuna.ical4j.model.Content
- - net.fortuna.ical4j.model.Property
  - - net.fortuna.ical4j.model.property.Description

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Property>, Encodable
```
public class Description
extends Property
implements Encodable
```
$Id$
Created: [Apr 6, 2004]
Defines a DESCRIPTION iCalendar component property.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Class Description

static class Description.Factory

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class net.fortuna.ical4j.model.Property
  ACKNOWLEDGED, ACTION, ATTACH, ATTENDEE, BUSYTYPE, CALENDAR_ADDRESS, CALSCALE, CATEGORIES, CLASS, COMMENT, COMPLETED, CONTACT, COUNTRY, CREATED, DESCRIPTION, DTEND, DTSTAMP, DTSTART, DUE, DURATION, EXDATE, EXPERIMENTAL_PREFIX, EXRULE, EXTENDED_ADDRESS, FREEBUSY, GEO, LAST_MODIFIED, LOCALITY, LOCATION, LOCATION_TYPE, METHOD, NAME, ORGANIZER, PARTICIPANT_TYPE, PERCENT_COMPLETE, POSTALCODE, PRIORITY, PRODID, PROXIMITY, RDATE, RECURRENCE_ID, REGION, RELATED_TO, REPEAT, REQUEST_STATUS, RESOURCE_TYPE, RESOURCES, RRULE, SEQUENCE, STATUS, STREET_ADDRESS, STRUCTURED_DATA, STYLED_DESCRIPTION, SUMMARY, TEL, TRANSP, TRIGGER, TZID, TZNAME, TZOFFSETFROM, TZOFFSETTO, TZURL, UID, URL, VERSION

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Description()
Default constructor.

Description(String aValue)

Description(ParameterList aList, String aValue)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getValue()`
`void`	`setValue(String aValue)`	Sets the current value of the property.
`void`	`validate()`	Perform validation on a property.

Methods inherited from class net.fortuna.ical4j.model.Property
compareTo, copy, equals, getName, getParameter, getParameters, getParameters, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Description
```
public Description()
```
    Default constructor.
  - Description
```
public Description(String aValue)
```
    Parameters:
    
    aValue - a value string for this component
  - Description
```
public Description(ParameterList aList,
                   String aValue)
```
    Parameters:
    
    aList - a list of parameters for this component
    
    aValue - a value string for this component
- Method Detail
  - setValue
```
public final void setValue(String aValue)
```
    Sets the current value of the property.
    
    Specified by:
    
    setValue in class Property
    
    Parameters:
    
    aValue - a string representation of the property value
  - getValue
```
public final String getValue()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getValue in class Content
    
    Returns:
    
    the content value
  - validate
```
public void validate()
              throws ValidationException
```
    Description copied from class: Property
    
    Perform validation on a property.
    
    Specified by:
    
    validate in class Property
    
    Throws:
    
    ValidationException - where the property is not in a valid state